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Daily Archives: July 17, 2016

Zoo pond renovation delay hurting birds

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KARACHI: A large number of water birds have been forced to live in congested conditions for the past one year as renovation of their zoo pond is continuing at a snail’s pace, it emerged on Saturday. According to sources, hundreds of water birds that include ducks, geese and pelicans have been shifted to the boating […]


Pakistan Press Foundation is concerned over the attack on the environmental journalist in Sri Lanka

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, expressed concern over the attack on Daya Neththasinghe, an environmental journalist and features editor for Sathhanda newspaper in Galle, Southern Sri Lanka. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged the Sri Lankan government to investigate the attack […]


PTI ignores Pemra hearing

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Islamabad – Head of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Media Wing and main complainant Iftikhar Durrani did not appear before electronic media watchdog authority in case of airing false news of PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s marriage. Durrani submitted a complaint to Chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulator Authority (PEMRA) against 25 private television channels for airing false news regarding […]


Pemra fines channels for violating rules

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) Complaints Council on Saturday imposed a fine of Rs 800,000 on ARY News for levelling a baseless allegation by anchorperson Shahid Masood against Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. A meeting chaired by Shamim Hamayun held hearing of a complaint filed by Dar against the ARY News programme ‘Live […]